Christmas ATC is a Doll

 Well it has been awhile since I played with any

of the Julie Nutting doll stamps. 

Joined a Christmas artist trading card swap that

required the use of the dolls. This is what I whipped up. 

The doll is popped up over the base with foam strips. 

Used some Wink of Stella on the berries, hat, skirt, and background. 

Doll is colored with Prisma pencils. 

Pretty happy with how it came out. 

The weather here has been awesome since middle of last week. 

In the 70's on most of the days. Have been able to

walk in the morning, and in the evening. 

Of course it won't last, but I'm enjoying it while I can. 

Haven't been crafting much as the kitten keeps me pretty busy. 

She is my little shadow. 

I'm debating on putting up the tree or not. 

Too early to put it up as I wait till the day after Thanksgiving. 

The neighbors on our street have been going crazy with Christmas

displays. Too early, but I guess they wanted to take advantage of the 

warm temps to put them up. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Paris Tag

Here is a France themed tag that I made for a swap. 

I really want to keep this to display in my stamping chateau, but

I'm sure I'll love the tag I get in return. I still have the supplies so

I can always make another tag. 

Went to Tuesday Morning yesterday. Picked up another crafters companion kit. 

I'll be making some cards with it this week. 

Also bought a 36 pearl watercolor set. That should be fun to color with. 

Lots of sunshine yesterday for the 1st day of March. Got into the 50's. 

Rain today, and tomorrow. The sun sure comes and goes so quickly! 

Stamping trails

Karen 

day 66

Heartful of Birthday Wishes

Not sure where I was going with this, but here it is. 

Started by stamping the lower half of a Julie Nutting prima

doll on the card. 

Added color to the legs, shoes and arms with prisma pencils. 

Next I punched out a ton of little hearts, and glued them

to the dress. I used pop dots for the top layer. 

Closer view. Added a few rhinestone just for fun. 

Not sure if I love the card. I may go back revisit it, and try again. 

Today I'll be heading over to Betty's to get some stamping done. I need

to work on the February artist trading card swap. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Remember Vintage Lady Card

Isn't this a lovely image? This stamp was one of the 

Christmas gifts that Betty gave me. I've been

itching to design a card using this lady. 

Now while the stamp is new the other things

used are not. 

After I stamped, and colored the image I thought the

white background around it was plain and pretty boring. 

I didn't want to run the image with an embossing plate, but

I did want to do some embossing. 

So I took an embossing folder put the image inside, and

used my tiny little hammer (remember these coming with eyelet kits?)

to emboss just the white areas I wanted. Scared the cat when I started

pounding, but she got over it. 

 

 

If you look close (click on the image to enlarge)

 

You will see a gold heart in the corner. This is actually 

 

an old earring of mine. 

 

I went through my jewelry box and collected some things

that I don't wear anymore. Only had one of the heart earrings as 

I lost the other one. Had to get hubby to snip off the post part so

I could use it on the card. 

Anyway pieces, and parts of the jewelry are keep in this

"vintage" bicentennial jar. Don't know if it shows up well in the photo

but it has an eagle on the front. Here I go showing my age again! I was only

15 years old for July 4 1976

I have one last thing to share.

Hubby got me a new rug for my craft room. I did

have a blue area rug, but it was so worn. Since I couldn't

find a rug I wanted he took it upon himself to get one for me. 

I must say I love the earth tones, but I can't help thinking "catch the wave"!

Stamping trails

Karen

Just another Merry Tag

Back with another Merry project. 

Love this stamp set made by Julie Nutting. 

The patterned paper used is called Say Freeze. 

Picked it up at Michael's. 

The girl's dress was colored with hot pink Prisma pencil.

I added the dots using a white gel pen. 

Added a bow at the top of the ornament. 

The ribbon was being stubborn, so I had to use 

a few mini glue dots to get it in the position I wanted. 

I'm not a big fan of using ribbon, but every once in a while it

really works well on a project. 

 

 

Here is the view of my backyard yesterday morning. 

 

We had a little bit of an ice storm. Medina was hit worse than Brunswick. 

 

The branches were so heavy with ice that the limbs were breaking. Old Man

 

Winter showed up early for work this season! 

 

I have some running around to do today. Need to hit the post office, wrap

 

Sarah's birthday gift, make her card, head over to Hollo's, and while I'm out

 

just for good measure I think I'll stop by Khols....and since Khols is right next to 

 

Hobby Lobby....you get where I'm going here....right? 

 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Merry done with Shrink Plastic

I was playing with shrink plastic yesterday morning.

You can see how large this rubber stamp is. 

After stamping on the plastic, and coloring. I

shrunk down the doll using a heat tool. 

Look how tiny! Love how the colors get more intense after

the shrinking process. The image was colored with Primsa pencils. I also

added some clear Wink of Stella to the collar, cuffs, and hair bow.

I added a jump ring at the top of the doll, and

attached her to a little bag. So cute! 

Stamping trails

Karen

May your Holidays by filled with Joy

Found some time to stamp yesterday. 

Played with a new Julie Nutting stamp set called "Joy".

The doll was colored using Prisma pencils. 

Pattern paper came from Michael's. 

Also started making some gift tags. 

Tis the season is right around the corner. While

I'm still not ready to hear Christmas Carols in the stores

(which are now playing) I am ready to craft some Christmas

items. Heading off to Beer Fest later. Optimist Club is

hosting one at the Winking Lizard. Should be a fun night even

if I have to watch the Steelers play! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Julie Nutting Fall Tag

Received this beautiful Fall Julie Nutting doll tag from 

Bobbie. So cute! 

Love all the fall embellishments she added. 

Speaking of fall. Yesterday me and hubby got out and

cleaned up the front flower bed. I wanted to put out

the fall leaf garland on my white picket fence. Had to cut

back all the glads as they were pretty much covering all of the fence. 

Took a hike around Brunswick lake, and got a birthday box together for

a friend who has a birthday coming up. Wonder who??????

Stamping trails

Karen

First day of September, and Julie Nutting Tag

Happy first day of September! 

Going to be 87 today. So that is the perfect day to 

go to the zoo right? 

 

Right?

 

Okay maybe not, but I'm still going. 

I'm dreaming of everything pumpkin! 

Fall is my favorite season. Even though fall turns

to winter I still live for Fall every year! 

I made this Julie Nutting doll tag for a swap that I'm in. 

Think I nailed the fall theme! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Julie Nutting Valentine Tag from Freddie

Received this cute little Julie Nutting Valentine

tag in the mail yesterday from Freddie. 

We were partners in a swap. 

I've been keeping myself busy working on birthday gifts, 

and swaps. Along with trying to de-junk my crafting space.

I've decided that the rest of the house needs to be de-junked also so.....

I'm dedicating 1/2 hour each day to go through stuff. Come June we are

going to have one massive garage sale! 

So nice here yesterday. In the 50's, and so sunny. Me

and hubby went for a nice long walk in the woods. Got muddy shoes, but

it was great! 

We also tried the new Hot Head Burritos place that opened up here. 

Was so hot and spicy, but so wonderful!!!!! 

Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the blizzard of 78. I remember it well. 

We had snow drifts along the side of the house that came 3/4 of the way up our first floor windows. 

I was a senior in high school. Schools were closed. Well most everything was closed. 

Took forever to clean out the driveway as dad didn't have a snow blower. 

Wish I had pictures. What a mess. So I was very thankful for the sun yesterday!

Stamping trails

Karen

Valentine Swap from Kathleen, and Happy Birthday Emily

I got Valentine goodies from my crafty buddy Kathleen. 

Have no idea how she manages to outdo herself with each

swap but she does! Here is the tag she made. 

Pocket letter. 

assortment of goodies, lights, buttons, and cherry Tootsie pops. 

altered clips. Love how she does the crochet flowers using thread. 

Shaker flower embellishment, and I also have to add

how much I love her packaging! 

Memorydex cards. 

trims that she got from Michael's. Got some great Halloween stuff she

got on clearance. 

 

 

love the bling I can put on pumpkins this coming Halloween. 

Flip bag. 

and all the goodies out of the bag. 

Thanks bunches Kathleen!!!! As always you put such care and thought

into your swaps. You are the best!!!! 

Today we will be celebrating Emily's birthday. I'll be

back tomorrow to post a pic of the card I made her. It turned out great. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY!!!!!!!! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Making Valentines

Went to over to Betty's house yesterday afternoon, 

and made a few Valentines. Always enjoy spending time with 

her. I took photos of cards she has been working on, and I'll

post those tomorrow. To many for one post, and need to spread it out. 

These are the things I made during our stamping session. 

Used my Julie Nutting set "Love Day" to make this card. 

Betty had a paper pack called Moonstruck and I used

one of the pieces to stamp the images. I liked the soft gray

doily design on the paper. Girl was stamped on that then I colored

her hair, shoes, and headband. The dress I stamped and cut from another 

piece of paper. 

Inside view. 

For this one I used the heart embossing folder that came with my Gemini. 

I turned the cardstock over and use the debossed image. Misc greetings

are from different Stampin'Up! sets. 

The patterned paper heart was made using Spellbinders scallop hearts. 

Inside view. 

Now these little Valentines are cute! Betty got a good deal on the

Sixxiz thinlit at Hobby Lobby last week. She got it for 1.86. What a deal!

The heart and the inside are one piece, so the heart folds out. 

These remind me of the little Valentine cards that I passed out when 

I was a kid. 

Be back tomorrow to share some of Betty's designs. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Daydreams, Horses, and Runaway

Well I was in the mood to color yesterday. 

The girl on the horse stamp is by Santoro titled The Runaway. 

Used Jet Black StazOn ink on white cardstock, and

did the coloring with Prisma pencils. 

So this reminds me of being young. Sleeping in late on Sunday

morning, curling up with a favorite stuffed animal, and day dreaming. 

I used the same paper pad as yesterday's card. It's called Sunday Morning, and

one of the Hot Buys at Michael's. I like the printed panel Sunday Snuggles. 

We got another 3 inches of snow yesterday. Went down to single digits last night. 

Trying to just stay warm, and keep busy. Today I have to catch up on the housework. 

The kitchen floor is calling my name......sweep me, mop me....can I just 

go back to being a kid and having those nice daydreams of running away on a horse? 

I think the bears have the right idea....just sleep winter away and 

wake up in the spring. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Love Day Valentine Armoire

This is a Valentine tag that I completed yesterday

for a swap. Stamp set by Julie Nutting called "Love Day'

The armoire is from Julie's Tag Pad. I just

cut open the doors to add an inside part. 

Here you can see that the doors open to show the greeting, and dress

on a hanger. 

and here is a close up view of the doll. I stamped the dress

twice so it could be popped over the base one. I wanted 

to give it a 3-d effect. 

Pretty warm here yesterday. Climbed up into the low 50's. 

Me and hubby took a walk around the lake. Didn't think I'd

be able to do that during the 2nd week of January. Going

to go again today as we are still having a warm up. 

Oh course being in the northeast it won't last. Suppose

to get rain on Friday that will turn to snow. Could get up to a 

foot. JOY!!!!! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Bootiful Witchy Tag

Now isn't this a witchy beauty? 

Had such fun making her on Sunday. 

It was rainy the perfect time to craft. Well.....

I don't think there is ever a bad day to craft. 

Wanted to make sure I got a photo before the doors were 

left open with the Bootiful Julie Nutting doll. 

I had help from Emily. She was visiting, so I asked her make

the spell book for me. Isn't just too cute!!!! 

Close up view of the witch. The cat is from the Cat Girl set. 

The witch hat is a Tim Holtz stamp and matching thinlit. 

I used the 1.00 stamps of bottles I got from Michael's for 

the cupboard. Some of them I popped up and filled

with different stickers. Was trying to figure out an easy way to 

make the shelves so I went with black lace.

On the other side I hung a broom. The

designer paper is by the Paper Studio. Got that at Hobby Lobby. 

So happy with how this beauty turned out. Of course

I did add an easel to the back so I could display the tag. 

Stamping trails

Karen